CONDITION. DRIVER OF THE VAN WAS TICKETED O FOR FAILING TO YIELD. LOCAL WOMAN IN A HOSPITAL WITH SEVERE INJURIES TO HER FACE. SHE SAYS THAT SHE WAS ATTACKED WHILE JOGGING NEAR A FIRE STATION. INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO DID THIS AND WHY. IT HAPPENED IN THE TUSKA WILLA AREA NEAR GARY HILLARY DRIVE. THAT'S WHERE THE WOMAN RAN TO ASKING FOR HELP. SHAUN CHAIYABHAT IS THERE LIVE FOR US TONIGHT. SHAUN, DO BELIEVE KNOW WHY THIS WOMAN IN PARTICULAR WAS ATTACK ATTACKED? POLICE SAY THAT THAT ATTACKER BEAT THIS WOMAN SO BADLY SHE HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL, ALL JUST TO STEAL HER CELL PHONE. 7-ELEVEN. NOW NEIGHBORS WANT ANSWERS AS POLICE STEP UP PATROLS. POLICE CARS CIRCLE THE AREA OF WINTER SPRINGS HOPING TO FIND AN ATTACKER WHO BE SENT A WOMAN TO THE HOSPITAL AND HOPING TO CALM FEARS. I HAD NOTICED POLICE ON MY STREET DRIVING SLOWLY AND LOOKING -- APPEARING THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE. NOT WHAT I EXPECT AROUND HERE. WE DON'T HAVE THIS STUFF HAPPEN VERY OFTEN. IT'S A SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO WE THOUGHT. POLICE SAY SUNDAY NIGHT THE VICTIM SAYS SHE LEFT HER HOME IN THIS GATED NEIGHBORHOOD TO GO FOR A JOG. WHEN SHE GOT TO THIS FIRE STATION JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY, THAT'S WHEN A MAN ATTACKED. HE TOLD HER, DON'T RESIST, I HAVE A GUN, THEN DRAGGED HER INTO THE GRASS, BEAT HER AND TOOK HER CELL PHONE. THE FACT IT HAPPENED SO CLOSE TO A FIRE STATION BOTHERS THIS WOMAN. YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE THE SAFE PLACE TO BE. VICTIM RAN TO THIS 7-ELEVEN TO GET HELP WITH BLOOD ALL OVER HER FACE. CLERKS TOLD US HER EYES WERE SWOLLEN SHUT. FOR WOMEN, SECURITY IS SHATTERED UNTIL POLICE FIND HER ATTACKER. MY CONCERN IS I HAVE YOUNG KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I LIKE TO JOG AND JUST NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED YET. NOW, THIS AFTERNOON POLICE SAID THAT SHE WAS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL RECOVERING. WE KNOW THAT SHE HAD BROKEN BONES IN HER FACE. WE CALLED HER HOUSE HOPING TO SPEAK WITH HER FAMILY JUST TO FIND OUT HOW SHE WAS DOING. THE MAN WHO ANSWERED THE PHONE DID NOT WANT TO COMMENT. SHAUN, COULD ANYONE ELSE BE AT RISK HERE? IS THIS ANY SORT OF TREND? RECEIPT NOW POLICE ARE SAYING THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. EVEN SO, THEY WANT TO CATCH THIS GUY. THEY WERE HOPING TO RELEASE A SKETCH TO TELL THE PUBLIC WHO THIS GUY MIGHT BE. BUT AT THIS POINT, THEY ARE GETTING CONFLICTING INFORMATION FROM WITNESSES SO THEY CAN'T

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. -

A 55-year-old woman says she was beaten and robbed Sunday night in the Tuscawilla area of Winter Springs, just feet from a local fire station.

Winter Springs police said that on Sunday night around 8:30, the victim said she left her home in the Arrowhead neighborhood to go for a jog.

When she got to the fire station along Northern Way, just a few blocks away, that's when she said a man attacked. He told her, "Don't resist, I have a gun," and then dragged her into the grass, beat her and took her cellphone.

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"Shocked, very shocked because it's a safe neighborhood, or so we thought," said Jennifer Branham. "You would think that would be the safe place to be."

Police said several officers went to the area and looked for possible suspects but didn't locate anyone.

"The police department has seasoned investigators looking into every possible detail and they have been doing so since the case was started," Winter Springs police said. "We do not believe there is any outstanding danger to the public and feel this case is isolated at this time."

Police clarified to Local 6 that the attack has been termed "isolated" because "we have no corroborating information in the county or surrounding areas that lead us to believe otherwise."

After the attack, the victim ran to a 7-Eleven just a few blocks away to get help. She arrived with blood all over her face and clerks told Local 6 her eyes were swollen shut.

Police said she was still in the hospital recovering with broken bones in her face. Local 6 called her house hoping to speak with her family to see how she's doing, but the man who answered did not want to talk.

Winter Springs police have increased patrols in the area.

"I had noticed police on my street, driving slowly and appearing like they were looking for someone," said Emily Cattell, who lives nearby. "It's not what I expect around here. We don't have this kind of stuff happen very often."

Police were hoping to release a sketch of the attacker, but right now they're getting conflicting information from witnesses.

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